Zendaya has been named one of the cover stars of Marie Claire?’s third-annual “Fresh Faces” issue, gracing the magazine as a triple threat with a new blond look.
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She is also joined by Ellie Goulding, Kylie Jenner, Hailey Baldwin and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who each have their own cover.
Zendaya discussed that a big reason she returned to the Disney Channel was because she felt there was a lack of diversity on the channel. “To see a black family, to see a young girl with these adorable Afro puffs,” she said, “little things like that are so important.”
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She also talked about going to the Grammys afterparty with her father and New York Giants player Odell Beckham Jr., explaining that a guy who can “handle” her father the first time is one who’s worth her time, and elaborated on her wonderfully infamous mullet.
“I wore a freaking mullet to the Grammys. I felt like I was killing it. And I was. That’s all that should matter when you step out.”